#fable

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable. ↗

— Walt Disney

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Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind. ↗

— Marie de France

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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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I'd work to make it hip again to spend time in our fabled and fabulous land. But with a Puerto Rican father and a Jewish mother, I would probably be better suited as mayor of New York. ↗

— Geraldo Rivera

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The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story. ↗

— Yann Martel

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A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am. ↗

— Edmond Rostand

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I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play. ↗

— Vincent Schiavelli

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Of course, I also gave him the ineffable pleasures of pipe smoking. And no children, because when this character was created I did not yet have the four children I later had. I must add I also gave him a certain taste for food. ↗

— Georges Simenon

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